ALLAHABAD: The leadership of Bharatiya Janata Party BJP ) has decided to start a campaign to plant saplings across the district from Wednesday. The campaign is being taken up to commemorate the birth centenary celebrations of party ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyaya.On Tuesday, BJP leaders of Mahanagar, trans-Ganga and trans-Yamuna held a meeting to make the plantation drive successful. It was decided to plant five saplings in every booth area. The booth-level workers have been asked to plant five saplings and send photographs to organisational secretary.Workers were also asked to properly nurture the saplings. The campaign will end on July 30. BJP deputy Mahanagar president Ashish Gupta said that workers of all the 1,236 booths have been asked to plant five sapling each in their areas. The party has taken up plantation campaign with an objective to maintain greenery. The prevailing weather condition is helpful for plantation. The workers were told to involve more and more people in the campaign. The senior leaders would monitor the drive and compile. The party has a 1.08 lakh booth-level committees across the state and each committee has 20 active members. The campaign aims to plant more than 20 lakh saplings across the state.

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